Development of a coupled dual continuum and discrete fracture model for the simulation of unconventional reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2013

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 978-994

  Moinfar, Ali ^a   Varavei, Abdoljalil ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a   Johns, Russell T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; RESOURCE VALUATION; TIGHT GAS;

CUMULATIVE OIL PRODUCTION; DISCRETE-FRACTURE MODELS; DUAL PERMEABILITY MODEL; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 84881182348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/163647-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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